Polly Bannister

Polly Bannister, senior editor, home and garden, of Yankee Magazine:

Polly has been a Yankee editor and a favorite of readers for more than 20 years. She brings a deep appreciation of architecture, furnishings, design, antiques, fine art, crafts, and cooking to her work.

Throughout her travels she has cultivated an extensive network of inside sources, including craftsmen and other experts, who help her discover the practical information and inspiring features that make homes in New England unique.

Polly has also edited two cookbooks and four travel books. She is continually inspired by New England's beautiful and diverse landscape -- from cranberry bogs, sandy beaches, and granite-topped mountains to thriving cities, white clapboard houses on village greens, and red-brick mill towns.

Articles by Polly Bannister

Travel → Providence, RI: Free Travel Planner →

Gretchen Dow Simpson Decorates for Christmas

A fine artist decorates in a simple and elegant style

Travel → Massachusetts: The Bay State →

Weekend: Sandwich, Massachusetts

SeeNewEngland.com → Yankee Articles →

Energy Efficient: Vermont Five-Star Home

Tips for the government's highest energy rating

Turn Your House Into an Energy Star

What you can do now and what our featured homeowners did

Decorating for the Holidays

Tabletops, mantels, staircases, and gifts are done in style

Crafts: May Basket

Spring tradition of flowers and sweets

Weekend: Sandwich, Massachusetts

New Hampshire Foliage Driving Tour

Find Glory in the White Mountains

Simple Holiday-Table Setting

Tradition with a Twist

Thanksgiving Mantel

Gingerbread Harvest Basket

Tiny Trees

Classic Christmas Decorating

Holiday Countdown

Secrets of Preserving Leaves Activity

Save autumn color for another day

Pictures → Slideshows →

Resources for Creative Coat Hooks

Resources for Creative Coat Hooks

Issues → November/December 2011 →

The Detail: Designing a Room with a Dormer

Issues → May/June 2011 →

The Connecticut Antiques Trail

Treasure hunting for good old things ...

Issues → March/April 2011 →

Simple Holiday-Table Setting

Issues → July/August 2010 →

Cliff and Cove

When you grow up in the Rhode Island, you yearn to live beside the surf.

Issues → May/June 2010 →

Crafts: May Basket

Spring tradition of flowers and sweets

Issues → March/April 2010 →

Holiday Countdown

Issues → January/February 2010 →

New England Passenger Trains

Issues → November/December 2009 →

New England Passenger Trains

Issues → May/June 2009 →

Block Island, RI, Weekend

Sandwich, MA, Weekend

Gretchen Dow Simpson Decorates for Christmas

A fine artist decorates in a simple and elegant style

Issues → March/April 2009 →

Holiday Countdown

Issues → January/February 2009 →

Season's Must-Haves: Indoor Rowing

Low impact, strength training, and calorie burning

Issues → November/December 2008 →

Gretchen Dow Simpson Decorates for Christmas

A fine artist decorates in a simple and elegant style

The Detail

Family Tradition

Resources

Issues → September/October 2008 →

How to Win a Blue Ribbon

More Paints We Love

Paint Colors: Put New England in Your Home

Interior paints with New England colors

Picnic With a Foliage View

Issues → July/August 2008 →

Owen Young, Cellist, Lenox, Massachusetts

Levick Family, Blueberries, Troy, New Hampshire

Rumford Fireplace: Lord of the Flues

Why this is the best choice for fireplaces

Issues → May/June 2008 →

Classic Christmas Decorating

Season's Must-Haves: Electric Bicycle

20-25 miles per battery charge

Issues → March/April 2008 →

Mud Buddies: For Mud Season

Boots, rugs, sweepers for the unclean

Simple Holiday-Table Setting

Issues → January/February 2008 →

Rumford Fireplace: Lord of the Flues

Why this is the best choice for fireplaces

Ice Rink: Home Projects

New Hampshire dad creates a backyard ice rink

Backyard Ice Rink Tips

Resources

Mixes for Homemade Soup in Minutes

Make lentil, vegetable, minestrone and more

Issues → November/December 2007 →

Block Island Bonus

Dining and shopping suggestions

Block Island, RI: Photo Essay

Malcolm Greenaway sees Block Island through his soul

Decorating for the Holidays

Tabletops, mantels, staircases, and gifts are done in style

Tradition with a Twist

Thanksgiving Mantel

Simple Holiday-Table Setting

Classic Christmas Decorating

Tiny Trees

Holiday Countdown

Ring It In!

Holiday Wreath

Bright White Nights

Better Than Bling

Gingerbread Harvest Basket

Issues → September/October 2007 →

A Place Built for Sharing on Sebago Lake

A famous Maine resort remakes the house next door

Maps as Wallpaper: Home Projects

World travelers wallpaper den with favorite maps

Issues → July/August 2007 →

Treetop Retreat: Home Projects

A tree house for adults with a bird's-eye view of the forest

Treetop Retreat Resources

Resources

Weekend: Sandwich, Massachusetts

Energy Efficient: Vermont Five-Star Home

Tips for the government's highest energy rating

Turn Your House Into an Energy Star

What you can do now and what our featured homeowners did

Best Wood Heater You'll Find Anywhere

Turn Your House Into an Energy Star

Six tips to save energy and heating costs

Issues → May/June 2007 →

Koi Pond: Home Projects

Build a fish pond in the kitchen

Issues → March/April 2007 →

Hammers as Coathooks: Home Projects

Mudroom solution from hand-hewn beam and old tools

Resources for Creative Coat Hooks

Real Solutions: Dust-Free Floor Care

Real Solutions: Dust-Free Floor Care

Issues → January/February 2007 →

Concrete Countertops: Home Projects

Concrete is durable, moldable, and comes in colors

Resources for Concrete Countertops in New England

Room for All: Space for a Large Family

Top priority for this North Shore house design was creating space for eight grandchildren.

The Detail: Designing a Room with a Dormer

Resources for Massachusetts Home Design

Issues → December 2006 →

Cape Codder Resort & Spa, Hyannis, MA

Issues → November 2006 →

How to Paint Like a Master

Who Was Rufus Porter?

Issues → October 2006 →

Like Solving a Giant Jigsaw Puzzle

Holidays → Decorating →

Holiday Countdown

Simple Holiday-Table Setting

Thanksgiving Mantel

Decorating for the Holidays

Tabletops, mantels, staircases, and gifts are done in style

Classic Christmas Decorating

Bright White Nights

Ring It In!